Ayden High School - Wheel Yearbook (Ayden, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Class of 1949 havmg arrlved after four years of so Jourmng 1n these honored walls at this certam point of departure ever unselflsh 1n our deslre to leave behmd that whlch we cannot take with us we do hereby make our Last Wxll and Testament ARTICLE I To the mcomlng Sen1or class, leave all privlleges and slgns of our super pos1t1ons and, for the good of the human race we add to theirs our authorxty ln klckmg against every thing in general, with the eternal hope that through dissat1sfact1on shall come everlastxng good If however the entire campus IS not shaken to 1ts foundatlons at least twlce durmg the next year the priority automatically devolves upon the class next ln order or other more worthy shoulders and the situation demands ARTICLE Il We bequeath to the faculty in toto our abxding splrxt of sympathy love honor, and readiness to serve ARTICLE III To all the students ln A H S we w1ll our ablllty to malntaln qu1et and dignity 1n chapel ARTICLE IV To The Senior Class of 1950 we do yield unrelentingly our honored seats 1n chapel with the full measure attached of the agony of keeping awake of remainlng quiet and futilely attempting to appear intelligent ARTICLE V Realizing the capious individual accumulation of talents and secretlve devlces for success, we do let fall on worthy shoulders these personal belongings To encourage habits of quiet and peaceful concentration Mantha Lee Mills does wxll her tranquility to Margaret Joyner Eleanor Cox does grant her patented interpretation of perpetual motlon by an eternal rotation of the jaw to Ruby Faye Coward To Eloise Tripp Charlie Davenport does bequeath his rapidity of dlssertation Remembering that 'to him that hath shall be given Guy Wilson and Charles Hart do leave to Bxlly Jenkins thelr incomparable way with women so that he can become the greatest casonora in A H S can have at least one good music lesson Garland Beddard, Earlie Lee Thomas, Elbert Brown, and Jimmy Bright will to Elmer Tripp their abihty to skip school so that through their combined efforts he may be able to skip without being caught So that Ayden will not be left wlthout a basketball star, Jack Harrington and Tommy Bullock will their agility and fast playmg to R I-I Mason Lou Dail does devise to Margaret Celia Andrews her capacity to enjoy an extended romance To E11zabeth Griffin Ann Willis Smith does bequeath her ability to ensnare such cute boys Ramona Taylor does order that her long neck be justly apportxoned to Joyce Dawson that she may henceforth have no trouble 1n looking over those of greater stature than s e Delma Worthington and Alberta Stocks do direct that Margaret Andrews shall mherlt their expertness in the art of crochetxng Janice Turnage leaves to Gene Underwood her lovely voice so that he may do somethxng in chorus besides cut up C J Cox does wlll to Myrtle Ruth Williams his love for Ayden High School so that th1s love will never die To Margaret Joyner Another Joyner Arlene leaves her complete knowledge of all the big words in the dictionary so that Margaret will never have to use any tr1te express ions Mary Allce Brown does desire that her daredevll spirit and agillty be dxrected to Sue Jackson Barbara Little does hereby give her naturally curled halr to Hilda Stocke so that she will henceforth not have to suffer the torture of curlers George Mumford does leave to Gentry McLawhorn his ' drollness so that he may be come the Otto' of the Senior Class of 1950 To Rebecca Cannon Joyce Whitehurst does hereby w1ll her abihty to trip the light fantastic toe To Annie Mae Cox Alberta Stocks does hereby grant her ability to catch a man in hopes that Annie Mae W11l never have any trouble Van Jones does direct that his love for shooting pool be given to Ilmmy McCorm1ck so that he may en1oy the game as much as Van does In the above manner the members of the Senior Class of 1949 do leave their most cherished possessions. May they help to make your senior year a happy and successful one RAMONA TAYLOR BARBARA LITTLE 6 13 W Executors 4 4 .L Y ' , . . G . ' -. . . . 1 Q D I y , . . . . . 1. , ' 2. ' ' 3. , ' ' . 4 4 ii ' . . u n ' 5. To Gene Underwood, Cora.Pauli.ne Moore wills her ability to play the piano so that he 6. ' 7. . ' 8. . . . 9. ' , 10. ' ' h . 11. ' ' 12. ' ' 13. . . ' ' ' 14. , , Q 15. ' ' ' ' 16. ' 17 I 1, - I If l 18 0 . . tl . 7? 19. zo. ' ' ' 1 Y

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LLASS HISTORY In 1937, a group of eager s1x olds began one of the n'ost lmportant undertakmgs 1n the1r l1ves that of startmg to school How we had longed for th1s Now we were actually able to be come a part of the glorlous experlences told us by our elders Perhaps for a few weeks our class of seventy n1ne brlght ey ed youngsters were the hap prest chlldren ln the world We were overJoyed at the thought of bemg together all day w1th l1t tle to do Just gab' and play however our attltude soon changed when we found out that school llfe was not to be that easy The flrst few weeks were conducted prlmarxly for the purpose of gettmg us acquamted wnth our classmates teachers and the 1dea of gomg to school We soon became accustomed to the routme and thoroughly hked lt Our fzrst fom' years were spent at the prrmary Bu1ld1ng w1th few hrgh pomts of lnterest We after addmg many proverblal grey ha1rs to our young heads learned to reclte our mu1t1 plicatlon tables, to read wrlte and get a long wlth others Durrng our thrrd year we gave an operetta Th1s was really somethlng to behold Because of our lnborn prlde you could not touch our heads w1th a ten foot pole The glrls wore the1r flrst even1ng dresses and the boys thexr flrst long pants Altogether rt was a qlllte a gala occaslon Durmg that year we also had a band It was hardly comparable to that of Harry James but we were a very classy 11ttle bunch We gave several concerts In the fxfth grade we moved to the hrgh school Bulldlng yes r1ght up there w1th the Sen 1ors Th1s had a large effect on our personalltles as well as on our appearances There really IS not a thxng wrong wlth fifth graders wearmg make up IS there? Our mothers dlsagreed though Th1s year was spent m much the same mammer as the others had been w1th a few addl tlons to our studles In the sxxth and seventh grades we spent much of our t1me collectxng 1ron and scrap paper for the war effort Our class also helped ln a blg way to push the sale of defense stamps to ard our brothers who were glvmg the1r tlme and many unfortunate ones thelr l1ves At last we reached the erghth grade Th1s year was very appealmg to us for xt meant that we were to be upstairs to be able to change classes and to learn the meamng of the rlngmg of the many bells Yes It meant a great deal to us for we now felt that we were def1n1tely a part of that ever changmg wheel of hlgh school llfe constantly turmng It was durmg that year that a v1s1t was made to our capltal Clty Ralelgh We chartered a bus and spent the ent1re day v1s1t mg the many pomts of hrstorlcal lnterest such as the Cap1to1 Governor'sMans1on State Pen1 The next year we became a member of Ayden Hlgh 1n reallty Whlle 1n the mnth grade many members of our class became actlve partlclpants in athletlcs and the var1ous school clubs We were progress1ng rapldly 1n our school career Startlng wlth twelve steps to cllmb and now havmg reached four of them we had l1ttle or no 1dea what the remarmng four would hold m store for us Om' Sophomore year found us lookmg forward w1th great ant1c1pat1on to the Jumor Semor Banquet at whlch many of us served Attendmg that banquet made us all consclous of the fact that the next one would be glven by us and we were openly determlned that It would be the best one never to be forgotten The Jolly Jumors began planmng thelr banquet early ln the ensumg year Our theme was Hltch Your Wagon To A Star and we had an orchestra It was a tremendous success and was enyoyed by all Bemg ln the graduatlon exerclses was another hlghllght of that year We were both thrllled and proud beyond words The marshalls were Helen Joyce Whltehurst Arlene Joyner Ramona Taylor Barbara Llttle and Chref Jamce Turnage The goal whlch at one t1me seemed unattamable that of becomlng a Semor has been rea ched We have cllmbed the last of those twelve steps but l1tt1e do we reallze that the cllmbmg IS actually Just begmmng as we take our places on the road of l1fe Our class offlcers are Mary Al1ce Brown pres1dent Guy Wnlson v1ce pres1dent, Arlene Joyner Secretary, Ramona Taylor Treasurer and Lou Dall reporter Th1s year has held many pleasant memorles and experlences Grand G1rl mu' sen1or play, was very good Each practlce of the play holds some cherlshed memory We are lookxng forward to our tr1p to Washmgton D C ln the sprlng and of course to om' graduatron on May 27 1949 Now we are only twenty s1x of that happy seventy mne who started to school ln 37 w1th out a care 1n the world We regret the fact that all of us could not contmue together but those who lagged behlnd falled to real1ze that 1nto each lxfe some ra1n must fall and they apparent ly were not ready to face the showers Graduatlon tlme draws mgh and we must be prepared to take our place 1n lxfe We depart from Ayden Hrgh School leaving all but the cher1shed memorxes that no one could take away We have God alone to look to for d1v1ne gmdance We ask of H1m not money or materlal wealth but knowledge wlsdom and strength to sustam us 1n our 11fe to come -4'-f 12 QCP '1 , A . . . . - KK 1 . , v ' 7 7 7 ' , . . . , . .- 7 I ' 1 , . -- , ' . - - . - , . . , . . . . , Q . . . . l , 7 7 ' 7 7 , . y ' ' a s 9 ' tentlary, and var1ous other highlights. 7 , . , KK - 77 l . . . . ll . 73 . . 0 I . , 7 7 7 7 ' a 7 ' ' a , ' . 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PROPI-IECY I was thlnklng of my senior classmates last nlght and wondermg where they are now in thls year of 1960 When I went to bed I dreamed of them and I want to relate my dream to you 1 Mrs Ray Garr1s the former Alberta Stocks and her husband have Just returned from a tr1p to Bermuda Mr Garrls owns the famous Garr1s Dalper Serv1ce in Ph1ladelph1a 2 Cora P Moore who has been studymg pxano at Iulllard 1n New York for several years w1ll gxve her flrst concert at Carneg1e Hall next month She W111 play w1th the London Symphony 3 Ilmmle Brlght IS endlng h1s professlonal football career th1s year He plans to retlre next September when he wxll be marrled 4 Charles Hart famous sclentxst of Amerlca has recently mvented a machme wh1ch w1l1 wash and 1ron clothes w1thout the a1d of soap water or an 1ron People all over the world are ravlng about thls great 1nvent1on 5 Eleanor Cox who IS now a famous screen actress recently won an academy award for portraymg the s1l11est roles of the year Her fan letters 1ncreased two hundred per cent when she appeared 1n Glggles Are Sxlly 6 Guy Wllson world wlde famous lawyer has Just won the greatest crlme case 1n h1s tory Amerlca spubllc enemy number one Buggy Appletree was conv1cted and sentenced to d1e 7 Mrs Horace Waxnwrlght the former Mary A Brown has Just returned from the hos pltal after havlng an appendectomy Mary Al1ce and Horace have eleven chlldren all boys and they l1ve on a large goat farm ln Pltt County 8 Charhe Davenport recently had h1s newest book publlshed The women all over the country are sendmg telegrams to Charl1e everday proposlng to h1m Hls book IS txtled The Art of Osculatlon 9 Ann W Sm1th made her debut to soclety last fall and her popular1ty has been over whelmlng It 1S rumored that she has had 101 proposals, but she cannot make up her mmd 10 George Mumford whose beammg personallty has won h1m a place 1n the hearts of Amerzcans as a stage actor 1S produclng next The Downfall of Bob Hope of which he IS the star 11 Arlene Ioyner has been appomted Supert1ndent of Nurses at Watt s Hosp1tal 1n Durham The doctors say she IS the best nurse that has ever been employed there 12 Clara LouDa1l has Just announced to her frlends that after many years of deep thought she now plans to marry The br1degroom 1S S1r Beetle Bum IV 13 Garland Beddard recently found a new homewave permanent wh1ch 1S rapldly traveling all over the cotmtry The trade name IS Sea Your Wave Garland thmks this one does more for h1s halr than any other 14 Van Iones who has been keep1ng score for the basketball games at Madlson Square Garden IS ret1u'n1ng home next month He says the numbers are dr1v1ng h1m crazy 15 Sadxe Hatch who holds a pos1t1on at Rex Hosp1tal xn Rale1gh has fmally caught a doc tor and they w1l1 be marrled 1n Iune 16 Delma Worthmgton 1S162.Vll'1g her pos1t1on as the manager s secretary at Sacs F1fth Avenue She says that h1s knee Just 1sn t comfortable 17 IackHarr1ngton who owns the largest tobacco farm 1n North Carolma says that he has fmally found a w1fe who can take care of hlm jack s other six marr1ages have been utter fall ures 18 C I Cox has announced that he W111 no longer be a tobacco auctloneer s1nce h1s tongue becomes so tW1St6d that h1s w1fe cannot understand what he IS saymg 19 Joyce Whltehurst recently lnherxted a m1nk farm but she does not plan to make a for tune from th1s Joyce wants to keep each of the mmks as pets because she thmks they are so cute 20 Mantha Mllls has opened a beauty salon on Flfth Avenue The or1g1nal Slgfl outslde draws many customers It states Mantha makes you look l1ke a panther 21 Earhe Lee Thomas 15 now one of the greatest screen actors of all t1mes It IS that s ubborness of h1s that women love Hls latest plcture IS Get Up and Bolt The Door 22 Tommy Bullock and h1s w1fe have Just announced the arrlval of a bouncmg baby boy Tommy s ha1r IS so curly that lt would be an utter shame if httle Tommy didn t follow sult 23 Ramona Taylor has made a b1g h1t with her new book, lust Follow Me, Boys Critlcs clalm that she IS a great authoress Teachers especlally l1ke her 24 Iamce Turnage has recently found that her talent lles ln art Slnce takmg geometry she has finally learned how to draw a stralght l1ne w1th the a1d of a ruler 25 Elbert Brown has become famous as a barber and he has a chain of stores throughout the country The men l1ke Elbert because he has a spec1al touch when he shaves their heads 26 Barbara L1ttle went abroad to study forelgn automoblles and she f1nds that she still prefers the cars over here 4614+2- . , . . . , , . . . . . , . . . - , . ' r 9 s 1 ' . ' 1 J . at . . J: I - , - u I u n 1 .- , , Q I . , - , ' ' 9 a . . . , . . sr . t I - . . 1 . - I6 I? . 7 7 . . . J . . . . . . . . ' 7 . . ' r , . . ' 1 9 ' . . . . . . 1 2 . . . . . .1 . . ' a 9 . . . 9 . . . . . . . . V . l , - ' a . . , KK . n . . . . 41 t 97 . ' . . . u U . . . . . - ll u ,I . 1 . . . . 2 . - . . . - f! 1 . . , , . . - , . . I . - . . . .